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Crime and Punishment Vocabulary

Crime and Punishment Vocabulary . AP Literature and Composition Ms. Nebe. Acquiesces . Part of speech : intransitive verb Pronunciation: ˌa-kwē-ˈes Definition : to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in and sometimes with to. Affable.

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Crime and Punishment Vocabulary

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  1. Crime and Punishment Vocabulary AP Literature and Composition Ms. Nebe

  2. Acquiesces • Part of speech: intransitive verb • Pronunciation: \ˌa-kwē-ˈes\ • Definition: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in and sometimes with to

  3. Affable • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈa-fə-bəl\ • Definition: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

  4. Alacrity • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ə-ˈla-krə-tē\ • Definition: promptness in response : cheerful readiness

  5. Asperity • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \a-ˈsper-ə-tē • Definition: rigor, severity

  6. Auspicious • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ȯ-ˈspi-shəs\ • Definition: showing or suggesting that future success is likely

  7. Bacchus • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈba-kəs, ˈbä-\ • Definition: the Greek god of wine —called also Dionysus

  8. Benefactor • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈbe-nə-ˌfak-tər\ • Definition: one that confers a benefit

  9. Calumny • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈka-ləm-nē-\ • Definition: a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation

  10. Capricious • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \kə-ˈpri-shəs • Definition: impulsive, unpredictable

  11. Captious • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈkap-shəs\ • Definition: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections

  12. Casuistic • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈka-zhü-ist\ • Definition: one skilled in or given to casuistry, specious argument

  13. Chagrined • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \shə-ˈgrin\ • Definition: disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure

  14. Circumstantial • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˌsər-kəm-ˈstan(t)-shəl\ • Definition: belonging to, consisting in, or dependent on circumstances

  15. Corroborative • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: to support with evidence or authority: make more certain

  16. Credulous • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence

  17. Disparagingly • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \di-ˈsper-ij\ • Definition: to lower in rank or reputation : degrade

  18. Dissipated • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: • Definition: given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute

  19. Eradicate • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \i-ˈra-də-ˌkāt\ • Definition: to pull up by the roots

  20. Exacerbated • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \ig-ˈza-sər-ˌbāt\ • Definition: to make more violent, bitter, or severe

  21. Exonerated • Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \ig-ˈzä-nə-ˌrāt, eg-\ • Definition: to clear from accusation or blame

  22. Expatiating • Part of speech: intransitive verb • Pronunciation: \ek-ˈspā-shē-ˌāt\ • Definition: to move about freely or at will

  23. Forensic • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \fə-ˈren(t)-sik • Definition: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate

  24. Imprecations • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˌim-pri-ˈkā-shən\ • Definition: curse

  25. Ignominiously • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˌig-nə-ˈmi-nē-əs\ • Definition: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame

  26. Incoherent • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: • Definition: lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance

  27. Superciliously • Part of speech: adverb • Pronunciation: • Definition: coolly and patronizingly haughty

  28. Verisimilitude • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \-sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\ • Definition: something verisimilar, the quality or state of being verisimilar

  29. Irrevocable • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: e \i-ˈre-və-kə-bəl, ˌi(r)- • Definition: not possible to revoke

  30. Malevolent • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \mə-ˈle-və-lənt\ • Definition: having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

  31. virulent • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈvir-ə-lənt, ˈvir-yə-\ • Definition: marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course

  32. circumstantial • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˌsər-kəm-ˈstan(t)-shəl\ • Definition: pertinent but not essential 

  33. corroborative • Part of speech: adjetive • Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: to support with evidence or authority : make more certain

  34. Platitude • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈpla-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\ • Definition: the quality or state of being dull or insipid

  35. Monomania • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə • Definition: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought

  36. monomaniac • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə • Definition: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought

  37. Salutary • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē • Definition: producing a beneficial effect

  38. Samovar • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: ˈsa-mə-ˌvär • Definition: an urn with a spigot at its base used especially in Russia to boil water for tea

  39. Capricious • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: kə-ˈpri-shəs, -ˈprē- • Definition: governed or characterized by caprice

  40. Disparagingly • Part of speech: adverb • Pronunciation: dis·par·ag·ing·ly • Definition: to depreciate by indirect means (as invidious comparison) :speak slightingly about

  41. Calumny • Part of speech:  noun • Pronunciation: ˈka-ləm-nē • Definition: a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation

  42. Captious • Part of speech:  adjective • Pronunciation: ˈkap-shəs • Definition: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections

  43. Insinuating • Part of speech:   adjective • Pronunciation: in-sin-yuh-ate-ing • Definition: winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees

  44. Verisimilitude • Part of speech:   noun • Pronunciation: -sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd,  • Definition: the quality or state of being verisimilar

  45. Asperity • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: a-ˈsper-ə-tē • Definition: roughness of surface :a tiny projection from a surface

  46. Dissipated • Part of speech: verb • Pronunciation: ˈdi-sə-ˌpāt • Definition:  to break up and drive off (as a crowd)

  47. Lamentable • Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: lə-ˈmen-tə-bəl • Definition: that is to be regretted or lamented

  48. Chagrined • Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: shə-ˈgrin • Definition: disquitude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure

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